Friday, June 29, 2012

What
else but the word Noynoying exactly defines what Noynoy is doing
regarding the Chinese presence in Scarborough Shoal despite that which
his administration had claimed earlier as a mutual agreement reached
between the sides of the Philippines and China to withdraw from the area
as a means of de-escalating the conflict.

Last June 18, Noynoy
ordered Philippine ships to abandon the shoal. He later claimed that he
had ordered the pullout from the area to prevent the lives of government
personnel from being placed in danger as a result of typhoon Butchoy
then.

Strangely, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) issued a
different line, saying that China and the Philippines have mutually
agreed to disengage from the face off and leave the shoal area.

Either
there was no agreement and the DFA is lying or China did not recognize
the supposed agreement because instead of leaving the area, more Chinese
ships were deployed around the disputed area while the Chinese
government did not mention anything about an agreement that will require
the recalling of its state-owned vessels while at the same time issuing
a statement short of thanking Noynoy for “withdrawing” Philippine
vessels — a statement that, in effect it said had reduced the tension in
the area..... MORE